Fat free cake recipe req.

catznine

aquilaM wrote:

Hi
I think what you are looking for sounds like a cake mix i got from this site. It is full of fruit with not much cake, and is fat free. It also freezes well.

6oz brown flour
3tsp baking powder
2oz ground almonds
2tsp mixed spice
1lb dried fruit
4oz dates
4oz apricots
grated rind
1/2 pt water
2tbsp orange juice

Soak the fruit over night in liquid
Mix in dry ingredients
Bake 160 oC for 1 1/2 hours

I have added nuts to the mix instead of rind, and of course you can add any fruit within the 1 lb. The result is lovely and moist.

The post was called "Vegan Christmas Cake" so you might be able to find the origional thread.
(And to whoever origionally posted it we had it for Christmas and it was lovely)

Ax
PS you can also soak the fruit in brandy instead of OJ. Enjoy

Glad you enjoyed it aquilaM! We soak the fruit in an orange liqueur which is really delish. We have since been told that it is not strictly fat free as apparently there is some fat content from the ground almonds, probably not too much but I apologize - I should have mentioned this in the original recipe.

Whitefiver

headcovers wrote:

Why don't you ask the person at the counter of the Garden Centre what the recipe is?

Simple, but it might work.

We took your advice, and after a couple of goes actually spoke to the woman who cooks the cake at the Garden Centre. She was good enough to write out her recipe, but it was a pack of this, a pack of that, 24 eggs, and makes 12 cakes. She did gives us a list of all the ingredients though.

My wife made some educated guesses, and reduced the recipe to a single cake as follows:-

Fatless Fruit Cake
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400g Walnuts
400g Hazelnuts
400g Brazil nuts
400g Dried Apricots
250g Dates
200g Glace Cherries
500g Mixed Fruit
100g Dessicated coconut
Roughly chop the nuts and soak overnight with the rest of the above in
3/4 pint orange juice and three tablespoons of Brandy (could always
reverse these?)

In a bowl, whisk together:-
9oz sugar
6oz SR flour +1 tsp baking powder
6 medium eggs, then stir in the soaked fruit and nuts

Put into lined 2lb loaf tin
Cooking guideline - 1 hr 15mins at 160deg C
(NB the cake WILL be solid, and maybe well done on top, but
is delicious - in my opinion, anyway)
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My wife has made a couple of these now, and they are lovely. Go down well with mid morning tea at work. NB, definitely not low calorie!

Regards all, and thanks for the suggestions,

White.

tr3mor

Have a look on the index for my weetabix cake recipe, that's fat free and you can add whatever fruit you like. Yummy too!

lush_walrus

Hi Guys...Not really moneysaving, but I guess Old Style (ish)

Does anyone know a recipe for fat free cake? I wanted to make one for my health food loving mum. I have brought something like this from a farmer's market years back, and from memory it used orange juice, water, fruit and flour or something to that effect.

Does anyone know how to make one??? Or had a go at making one?

Thanks

Penelope_Penguin

Hi, Lush! Try this one - whisked fatless sponge. Delicious, but doesn't keep as well as one with butter in.

HTH, Penny. x x

Pink.

Hi lush walrus,

Some of the recipes on these older threads may help:

Fat free fruit cake recipe req.

low fat cakes for weight watchers coffee morning

Cake without eggs?

Pink

Tiger_greeneyes

blue-kat wrote: »

how about making up a cake mix with lots of extra fruit and just leave the fat out and see how it cooks?

based on bero easy fruit recipe (below)I'd try substiting ground almonds for half of the flour for nice crumbly texture, ( and omitting the rest!)
the natural fat in the almonds will provide some fat for the cake.
if you soak the fruit before cooking it will help make the cake moist.

hth !

have fun experiementing !
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Katya

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For full recipe see here

I make this cake - I tend to add other stuff like dried apricots and ground mixed spice for a bit of extra flavour. I bake it at 160 degrees and it takes about 35-40 minutes. I know the recipe above says an hour and a half but don't leave it that long before checking it

daysieblue

Whitefiver wrote: »

Fatless Fruit Cake
==================
400g Walnuts
400g Hazelnuts
400g Brazil nuts
400g Dried Apricots
250g Dates
200g Glace Cherries
500g Mixed Fruit
100g Dessicated coconut
Roughly chop the nuts and soak overnight with the rest of the above in
3/4 pint orange juice and three tablespoons of Brandy (could always
reverse these?)

Can I be pedantic and question the "fat free" ness of this cake? Although it's obviously not made with fats (butter, oil etc) there must be a fair amount of natural fat in all those nuts.

db xx

lush_walrus

Brilliant those are great....I knew you would all come up with some great options..Such a wealth of great info on here!

Thanks guys....Now all I need to do is not mess it up...A little bit of a bigger challenge for me!

balmaiden

Would have to agree with daysieblue,I am on a low fat diet becuase of high tryglyseride (sp) problems and the only nuts I can eat freely are chestnuts, the only nuts I dont like!! coconut is a big no no.

Having said that, I bet the cake is delish, enjoy it, all of you that give it a try.